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单词 throat-latch
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throat-latchv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: throatlatch n.
Etymology: < throatlatch n. Compare slightly earlier throat-lash v.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make (a horse) keep close to its partner when pulling a coach, carriage, etc., by attaching the coupling rein running from one horse's bit to the throat-latch of the other's bridle; = throat-lash v.
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1829 Sporting Mag. 24 175 I throat-latched him, and never drove a better leader.
1833 New Sporting Mag. Feb. 270 As to throat-latching wheel-horses I never liked that, except in peculiar cases.
1842 ‘Nimrod’ Life Sportsman xv. 284 Do you like throat-latching coach-horses?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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